The people that we Conservatives thought had been hired to advance Boris Johnson’s cause damaged his brand
After a tumultuous week, the prime minister’s standard billows again over the ranks of his parliamentary party.
This has been an extraordinary few days in politics. The long-awaited news of the vaccine lifted the spirits, with the PM striking the right note about the need for caution to temper the bursting hope the Pfizer jab offers of an exhausted country. A strong performance quickly followed by a warm telephone call with president-elect Joe Biden. A conversation that lifted the morale of the many millions of us who want to have a warm relationship with our greatest ally’s new head of state.
